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Nepal: Human rights at dangerous political crossroads
25 March 2006, 09:56AM
Ten years into Nepal's civil war, both parties to the conflict must be guided by their human rights obligations if Nepal is to make it safely through this dangerous political crossroads, said Amnesty International following a mission to the country.
Bangladesh: Investigations must comply to international human rights standards
18 March 2006, 09:04AM
Reports in recent weeks of arrests of the leaders of two banned Islamist groups could point to a long-awaited shift in government policy to target the actual perpetrators of bombings in the country rather than conveniently accusing the political opposition.
India: AI expresses concern over conflict in Chattisgarh
11 March 2006, 08:59AM
Amnesty International expresses grave concern about the recent escalation of violence in a remote forest region of Chattisgarh, central India.
Philippines: State of Emergency lifted
10 March 2006, 11:14AM
Amnesty International welcomes President Macapagal Arroyo's announcement on Friday 3 March 2006 lifting the State of Emergency declared a week earlier on 24 February.
Cambodia: The government must deliver on human rights
7 March 2006, 02:00PM
As the Consultative Group (CG) met in Phnom Penh on 23 March 2006, Amnesty International called on governments to reinforce messages to the Cambodian government to honour its previous commitments made to the Consultative Group and to comply fully with their human rights obligations.
Gujarat: AI welcomes due process of justice
7 March 2006, 01:47PM
Amnesty International welcomes the move by the authorities to bring to justice perpetrators of a massacre during the Gujarat communal violence in 2002.
Jamaica: Police officer convicted of murder
25 February 2006, 08:16AM
Amnesty International today welcomed the conviction of a police officer from the Jamaican Constabulary Force of the murder of a 25 year-old man in November 2000 - the first conviction of a Jamaican police officer for murder committed while on duty since October 1999.
China: Torture leaves dissident mentally ill
25 February 2006, 08:09AM
After 16 years, Tiananmen dissident Yu Dongyue was finally freed from prison yesterday, but with his mental health impaired. Amnesty International welcomed his release and called for all others still imprisoned in connection with the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy movement to be freed.
Maldives: Artists’ release highlights need for reform
24 February 2006, 08:39AM
Amnesty International welcomes today's release of prisoners of conscience Ahmad Ibrahim Didi and Naushad Waheed, but urges the government to take decisive action to reform the criminal justice system to prevent further politically motivated detentions.
China: Fears for missing hunger-strike activists
23 February 2006, 09:47AM
Several Chinese activists who have supported or participated in a series of protest hunger-strikes since 4 February have been arrested or gone missing. Amnesty International calls on the authorities to clarify their exact whereabouts, guarantee their safety and free them unless they are charged with a recognisably criminal offence.
Nepal: A decade of suffering and abuse
15 February 2006, 09:02AM
Ten years of war and political instability have turned the human rights situation in Nepal into one of the worst in the world.
Cambodia: Release of prisoner of conscience Cheam Channy
8 February 2006, 08:46AM
Cambodian prisoner of conscience and opposition parliamentarian Cheam Channy was released from Phnom Penh's military prison today following a pardon issued yesterday by King Norodom Sihamoni.
Sri Lanka: A climate of fear in the East
7 February 2006, 08:29AM
Amnesty International today published its report Sri Lanka: A climate of fear in the East, which documents the findings of an Amnesty International research mission in August 2005. The report documents human rights abuses including politically motivated killings, torture, abductions, and the recruitment of children as soldiers
Nepal: Maoists must stop targeting civilians
2 February 2006, 11:33AM
Amnesty International condemns the spate of violent attacks against local politicians and candidates standing for office in municipal elections due to be held on 8 February. One mayoral candidate has been killed, another was shot and injured and one district level politician was reportedly abducted
Nepal: Mass arrests spark fear of violence
24 January 2006, 07:07AM
The Nepali government arrested more than 100 political leaders and civil society activists today, raising fears that violence and human rights abuses could spiral out of control.
Thailand: “Disappearance” verdict leaves unanswered questions
14 January 2006, 08:04AM
Significant questions remain unanswered in the case of Somchai Neelapaijit, said Amnesty International as the verdict was announced in the trial of five police officers charged in connection with the "disappearance" of the leading human rights lawyer.
Thailand: Locals trapped by escalating violence in the South
5 January 2006, 11:51AM
People in the far south of Thailand are caught between daily drive-by shootings and bombings by suspected members of Muslim armed groups, and harsh or inadequate counter-measures by the security forces, said Amnesty International today
Cambodia: Opposition leader convicted in flawed trial
23 December 2005, 11:20AM
Amnesty International strongly condemns the 18 month prison sentence imposed today on opposition leader Sam Rainsy by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court after finding him guilty of defaming the President of the National Assembly Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Myanmar: UN Security Council must act
16 December 2005, 09:14AM
Amnesty International yesterday wrote to all members of the United Nations Security Council, welcoming their unanimous decision to schedule a discussion of the human rights situation in Myanmar.
Myanmar: Increasing misuse of courts to silence peaceful dissent
13 December 2005, 03:30PM
The human rights situation in Myanmar has deteriorated during 2005, with the Myanmar authorities increasingly using the justice system as a tool to stifle peaceful dissent. As the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meets, Amnesty International is sending the Myanmar authorities thousands of petitions from across the world urging them to stop punishing peaceful dissent and to release all prisoners of conscience.
A policeman's job is to protect all citizens, even those he or she doesn't like. I'd have thought that a pretty basic concept.
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